I am preparing a scientific blog for next week but as there is an article published this week that is relevant, I guess I should post this now.
Sharon Begley of the Newsweek magazine has written an article on “Why We Believe” which refers to SuperSense and some of the stuff that appears on this site. [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 31, 2008
Growing A Thick Skin
October 23, 2008
Spooky Evening
Feeling a little bit rough this morning after last night! Thank you to all of you who turned up (300+?)and apologies to those of you that did not get in. I would like to think that it was me that you came see but I know that it was the topic. Anyway, back to Earth [...]
October 16, 2008
Losing Control Enhances Your SuperSense
It is really difficult these days to get psychology studies published in journals such as “Nature” and “Science.” They tend to be dominated by more material sciences unless of course, you can show a picture of a brain operating whilst someone is thinking. (I am always amazed that people find such images so convincing – [...]
October 9, 2008
Skeletons in the Closet
The house at 104 The Mount, York in England is proving difficult to sell. I have been keeping an eye on this property since I read about it back in May earlier this year. I even sent off for the property details. Anyway I just got off the phone with Savills, the estate agents to [...]
October 1, 2008
Ice Queen
Just about every song I can think about that deals with isolation and rejection has lyrics that describe how cold that feeling is. Cue 1970’s megaband Foreigner….”You’re as cold as ice. You’re willing to sacrifice our love….”
Yeah I hate that song as well. But the metaphor of rejection and temperature crops up again and [...]
